MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS

Japan started selling the newly developed 1.6 litre A160 in 1998, and later In 1999, the 1.9 L Avant Garde and A160 Elegance and in 2001 Elegance long was added. It is available with 5-speed automatic transmission only. To achieve compactness, it has adopted a parallel axis gears expression which is not common with automatic transmission. Models A170, Elegance A170 and A200 Turbo Avant Garde were added in 2005.